Old Economy Village [PA]

Description

Old Economy Village interprets the history of the Harmony Society, a highly successful 19th-century religious communal society, and preserves and interprets the unique material culture of the Society during its period of residence in Beaver County, PA, for citizens of and visitors to the Commonwealth.

The site offers tours, exhibits, educational programs, workshops, and occasional recreational and educational events.

The Museum at Prophetstown [IN]

Description

The Museum at Prophetstown presents the history of Indiana's Wabash River Valley through the stories of a 1920s farmstead, a Native American settlement, and the prairie itself. The working farmstead includes a replica Sears Roebuck and Company Catalog farmhouse. The Shawnee brothers Tenskwautawaw and Tecumseh founded the 1808 Native American settlement in Prophetstown as capital of a new Native American Confederation. The settlement was attacked in 1811 by U.S. forces; and today displays replicas of the Council House, medicine lodge, "chief's" cabin, and granary.

The museum offers workshops; guided tours of the farmstead; period rooms; summer camps; and a program for boys from Cary County, allowing them to work with draft horses. The website offers listings of relevant state educational standards.

Licking County Historical Society [OH]

Description

The Licking County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Licking County, Ohio. To this end, the society operates the Sherwood-Davidson Museum, located within a circa 1825 Federal-style structure and containing period rooms; the 1907 Webb House Museum, containing period rooms; the 1815 Greek Revival Buckingham Meeting House, which has hosted Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield and now contains the society library; and the Robbins-Hunter Museum, located within an 1847 Greek Revival structure and containing decorative arts exhibits.

The society offers period rooms and exhibits.

St. Lawrence County Historical Association [NY]

Description

The St. Lawrence County Historical Association seeks to preserve and share the history of St. Lawrence County, New York. To this end, the association operates an archival center and a museum located within the 1833 Silas Wright House.

The association offers archival access, a Civil War discussion group, period rooms, and exhibits. The website offers genealogy-based lesson plans.

Oyster Bay Historical Society [NY]

Description

The Oyster Bay Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Oyster Bay, New York. To this end, the society operates a museum, located within the circa 1720 Earle-Wightman House. The museum contains rooms in the styles of 1740 and 1830, as well as a research library.

The society offers period rooms, a children's tour of the Earle-Wightman House, interactive activities, and an 18th-century-style garden.

Mount Pulaski Courthouse

Description

Mount Pulaski Courthouse was built in 1848 and served as the Logan County seat of government until 1855. Attorney Abraham Lincoln regularly argued cases in the second-floor courtroom, helping to establish his reputation as both an accomplished practitioner of the law and a gifted speaker.

The site offers tours and occasional educational and recreational events.

Whitewater Canal State Historic Site [IN]

Description

The Whitewater Canal State Historic Site preserves one of the remaining canals in Indiana. The site consists of the canal, which is still navigable, and a grist mill. Both are open to visitors during the summer months.

The Canal offers boat rides, tours of the grist mill, carriage rides, tours for school groups, in-class standards-based outreach programs, and educational materials available for checkout. The website offers visitor information, a calendar of events, and a brief history of the website.

Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices

Description

The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices are within the only remaining building in which Abraham Lincoln maintained a law office. The site consists of the surviving portion of a three-story brick commercial block constructed in 1840–41. The restored building's first-floor visitor center consists of an exhibit gallery and audiovisual theater, along with a room interpreted as an 1840s post office facility. On the second floor are rooms representing those used by the federal court, and on the third floor a "common room" and three lawyers' offices. Two of the offices were used by Lincoln and his partners, prominent local attorneys Herndon and Stephen T. Logan. The recreated offices are notable for the plainness and disorder that were remembered by Lincoln associates.

The site offers exhibits, a short film, and tours.

Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site [LA]

Description

The Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, located along the Bayou Teche in southern Louisiana, preserves the 1815 plantation home Maison Olivier and presents a reproduction of an early 1800s Acadian farmstead, including a family home, outdoor kitchen, slave quarters, and barn.

The historic site offers tours, exhibits, and occasional special events. The website offers a history of the historic site, as well as visitor information, a short virtual tour, and a listing of nearby attractions.